Music
This young, superstar trio is capable of being as cool as it is fiery, and the performers’ strengths bring out the best in each other.
“The reason I started the Jazz Forum was to give emerging artists like myself the opportunity to perform.”
Here’s my list of two dozen superlative operatic offerings of wildly differing kinds, plus some notable non-operatic offerings.
Jimi’s sister and a Newton-based Hendrix scholar dig into the archives and come up with a coffee table book that celebrates the rock icon.
Christian Tetzlaff’s recital was a breathtaking experience, full of dancelike grace, intelligence, and charm.
In his Celebrity Series debut, pianist Martin Helmchen performed a mostly vivid and colorful evening of Bach.
For balance and virtuosity, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra plays Rued Langgaard’s “Klippepastoraler” for all it’s worth. That just doesn’t end up being very much.
These stories occupy their own, distinctive spaces but they share something intangible. A kind of humanity, maybe? Perhaps.
This is a band as capable of being as spry and unpredictable in its 12th year as it was in its first.
Suzanne Vega is many things: a singer/songwriter, musician, poet, author, entrepreneur, playwright, and actress. A number of her personas are converging right now.
Arts Commentary: In Memoriam, Michael Tilson Thomas (1944-2026)